The Government of Turkey must heed the UN experts’ call to free detained journalists from the independent newspaper Cumhuriyet, recipient of the 2016 Right Livelihood Award. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an independent, international panel of legal experts set up under the UN Human Rights Council, has just released …
BrightTalk-The Side Effects of the Internet of Things
The Side Effects of the Internet of Things About this webinar – Broadcast LIVE from Las Vegas during Black Hat 2017 – Innovation is moving so fast. Each day there’s a new device or technological service to hit the market designed to make our lives easier, more convenient, and perhaps …
Giving voice to the voiceless? Actors, strategies and discourse
Call for papers Conference Giving voice to the voiceless? Actors, strategies and discourse 21.06.2018-22.06.2018 Créteil, Ile-de-France, France The question of access to legitimate expression for the most powerless social groups has, over recent decades, become a public problem in its own right. The conditions under which these groups have access …
Net neutrality: what’s next
Congress held important hearings today related to net neutrality. Click here to find out where your lawmakers stand and take urgent action to stop Internet censorship, throttling, and extra fees. Last week, we made history. Millions of people took action to demand that the FCC respect free speech and drop …
This chart shows where robots are going to replace humans on Wall Street
“We at Ethical Markets cover this issue in many aspects (in my interview in FORBES and our TV Show “With Robots What Happens to Humans?”) distributed globally to business schools and colleges at www.films.com and free at www.ethicalmarkets.tv . ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Chart Of The Day This chart …
Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality
Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality Posted on 7/19/2017 By Eric Alterman – The Nation Is anybody paying attention? On July 17, the Idaho television station KBOI tweeted a story about a would-be robber who allegedly “arrives early at banks to find doors locked.” Even …
LEVERAGING ICTS CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL GOALS, UN HIGHLIGHTS IN NEW REPORT
New York Jul 13 2017 1:00PM UN News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service Women learning to code at a technology centre in Herat, western Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA/Fraidoon Poya LEVERAGING ICTS CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL GOALS, UN HIGHLIGHTS IN NEW REPORT Underscoring the importance of information and …
Investors Representing $190 Billion Oppose FCC Changes to Net Neutrality Rules
“We agree on the importance of maintaining internet neutrality! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Investors Representing $190 Billion in Assets Oppose FCC’s Proposed Changes to Net Neutrality Rules Filing argues the agency’s position is “fundamentally flawed” and at odds with public data provided by major Internet Service Providers A group of 20 investment advisors, …
2017 NAMLE Media Literacy Awards Announced
“Ethical Markets Media and our EthicMark Awards applauds NAMLE for its dedicated, ground-breaking work on media literacy in all education programs. We were colleagues with their founder Elizabeth Thoman, and now are happy to see this work expanding under the leadership of Sherri Culver and continuing under Michelle Ciulla Lipkin. …
Event: Toward a Global Norm Against Manipulating the Integrity of Financial Data
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this important event. We will also make the paper under discussion “Toward a Global Norm Against Manipulation the Integrity of Financial Data” available as a link. This is an innovative response to the cyberattacks on this vital global infrastructure, building on UN and other international …